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Specifications - Cefn Croes Wind Project, Wales, United Kingdom
| Key Data |
| Location | Cefn Croes, Wales, 15km east of Aberystwyth |
| Type of facility | Onshore wind farm |
| Output power | 58.5MW |
| Project cost | Around £35 million |
| Turbines | 39 x GE 1.5MW wind turbines |
| Project owners | Renewable Development Company (RDC) |
| Land owned by | Forestry Commission |
| Co-developers | RDC and GE Energy (the project has since been acquired by Falck Renewables Limited) |
| Subcontractors | Tarmac, Jones Bros |
| Power sold to | Non-Fossil Fuel Purchasing Agency, distributed to the national grid through SP ManWeb |
| Generation capacity | Around 40,000 households |
| Area | 7.5km² of land |
| Project approval | May 2002 |
| Target completion | October 2004 |
| No of employees | 4 x long-term |